Re: redirecting output and input in mid job

[Chet Ramey]

> here's some ideas for your deluxe edition:
> $ (while sleep 3; do echo o; done)&
> $ fg -o file #exec job's 1> file
> $ fg -a file #appends
> $ bg -a file
> $ bg \< file #or -i, or -fd 1, 2 , 0 etc. or /dev/stderr ...
> etc. etc. i.e. redirecting output and input in mid job.
> or something like that.  in case you can't do this already.

This isn't possible with the Unix process model.  One process can't
change another's file descriptors.

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